Canada police charge dad in toddlers' death: report

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Police have laid charges of
criminal negligence against the father of two toddlers who
froze to death in January wearing only diapers and light
shirts, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix newspaper reported on
Thursday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police did not release the name
of the 24-year-old man they charged with the death of sisters
Santana and Kaydence Pauchay, ages 1 and 3, on the Yellow Quill
First Nation Indian reserve near Kelvington, Saskatchewan.

But the newspaper said it confirmed with family members
that the police charged Christopher Pauchay, the girls' father.

Family members said Pauchay was intoxicated and was trying
to walk to a neighbor's home with his daughters on a night when
temperatures dipped below -35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees
Fahrenheit). He was found hours later with severe frostbite and
hypothermia.